Delaware River Report Ready For Comments

COMMUNITY NEWSLINE

January 12, 1995|The Morning Call

The National Park Service recently announced that the Draft Eligibility and Classification Report prepared for the Lower Delaware River National Wild and Scenic Rivers Study is now available for public review and comment.

Public comment will be accepted through Jan. 31.

The report identifies and describes areas under consideration for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System, which extends from south of the Delaware Water Gap to Washington Crossing, as well as selected tributaries in Bucks County, according to the Delaware River Greenway. The report also recommends the appropriate classification for the eligible segments.

Also available is an executive summary of the landowner survey sent to waterfront property owners in the study area along the Delaware River and the Cooks, Tinicum and Tohickon creeks. The survey was developed by the River Task Force to learn landowners' views regarding river resources and protection strategies.

The report was prepared by members of the Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River Study Task Force, the Delaware River Greenway Partnership and the National Park Service-Mid Atlantic Region's Division of Park and Resource Planning. The report was prepared in response to congressional legislation passed in 1992.

*Folk concerts: The Main Street Theatre in Quakertown will continue its Gallery Music Series on Saturday with two concerts by folk musician Dave Fry of Bethlehem.

Fry's main show, featuring a mix of folk, rock and swing music, will be at 8 p.m. Tickets will be $8 for general admission, $6 for students and senior citizens and $5 for children. Jennifer Yuill, winner of the BMI International West Songwriter Contest, will open the show.

*Story hour: Upper Perkiomen Valley Public Library, 350 Main St., Red Hill, is now offering a story hour for preschoolers.

The program, which began on Monday, is open to children 3-6 years old and will continue through May. Sessions are offered from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Mondays; 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and 1-2 p.m. on Wednesdays.

*Anti-abortion rally: Reservations are being accepted by three Christian organizations serving Bucks and Montgomery counties for a bus trip to an anti-abortion march in Washington, D.C., later this month.

The Bucks County Christian Action Council, the Quakertown Crisis Pregnancy Center and the Upper Bucks Evangelical Fellowship are sponsoring the trip on Jan. 23. Reservations are $25 per rider.

Chartered buses will leave from Grace Bible Fellowship Church in Quakertown, Grace Bible Church in Souderton and First Baptist Church in Doylestown at 7 a.m. and return about 10 p.m.

The march marks the 22nd anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. The march is usually held on Jan. 22, the official anniversary, but was moved this year because the anniversary falls on a Sunday.

Tickets are available from the Friendly Bookstore in Quakertown and Provident Bookstores in Souderton and Doylestown.